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Never Lose Sight of Service

March 2, 2020 by County Progress

Indigent Health Care Coordinators Seek Best Possible Patient Outcome

     The nuts and bolts of county indigent health care are spelled out in state law. But to many program coordinators, success is based on more than a statute. “We are all one catastrophic event or one major illness away from need,” shared Candy Blair, Collin County public health director for the last 17 years. […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Indigent Health Care Tagged With: Collin County, Ellis County, Fort Bend County, indigent health care, public health

County Indigent Health Care Q&A: Part 2

April 15, 2019 by Bailey LeRoux

Editor’s Note: Our March issue covered the background of county indigent health care, patient eligibility, and county jail inmates. The following completes our two-part series. In 1985, Rita Kelley was serving as the regional planner of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services for the seven-county Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) region. In June of that […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Indigent Health Care Tagged With: 1115 Waiver, Bell County, County Indigent Health Care Program, Hamilton County, indigent health care, jail, Maternal and Infant Health Improvement Act, Mills County, minimum jail standards, S.B. 1

Bee County Inmate/Indigent Health Care

March 18, 2019 by Bailey LeRoux

Fine-Tuned Process Maximizes Cost Savings

When Bee County Judge Stephanie Moreno was appointed in 2015, one of her chief priorities was to address the burgeoning, and seemingly uncontrollable, cost of inmate health care. “It was the first task I attempted to resolve when I took office because we had essentially no control over this expense, Moreno recalled. The County Judge […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Indigent Health Care Tagged With: Bee County, County Indigent Health Care Program, indigent health care

County Indigent Health Care Q&A

March 11, 2019 by Bailey LeRoux

“A major key to the success of the County Indigent Health Care Program operations is an informed Commissioners Court that is supportive of the program as an important function of the local government.” Rita Kelley, Director, Bell County Indigent Health Services

County Indigent Health Care Q&A        In 1985, Rita Kelley was serving as the regional planner of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services for the seven-county Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) region. In June of that year, Walt Reedy, CTCOG executive director, walked into Kelley’s office and asked if she wanted to be a […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Indigent Health Care Tagged With: 1115 Waiver, Bell County, County Indigent Health Care Program, Hamilton County, indigent health care, jail, Mills County, Texas Indigent Health Care Association

Inmate Health Care

March 19, 2018 by County Progress

Sandra Bland Act Mandates Telemental Health Access By Julie Anderson Editor   The 85th Texas Legislature’s mandate requiring telemental health access in county jails may seem daunting at first. However, correctional care experts say that while finding providers may be a challenge, the setup itself is not so difficult; after all, telehealth has been well […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Indigent Health Care Tagged With: indigent health care

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